If you're running any of our System Center products (including OpsMgr 2007 and ConfigMgr 2007) in a virtualized environment or if you're planning on doing so in the future, you'll want to be aware of this, and since this involves changes to our support...

Here's yet another tip from Frank Rojas, this one concerning errors you might receive when trying to edit Run Command Line tasks: ======== Issue: When attempting to edit or modify Run Command Line tasks in SCCM 2007 SP1 OSD Task Sequences, the following...

Here's a great tip from Frank Rojas, a real life support engineer from Charlotte, North Carolina. If you currently work with Vista or newer images or are planning to in the future you'll definitely want to take a look at this one. ======== Issue...

As I was making my normal Wednesday morning rounds I discovered that the OpsManager product team has a new post on their excellent Infrastructure Planning Guide for OpsMgr 2007 Service Pack 1.  Whether you're designing a new rollout or evaluating...

Here's an interesting Operations Manager tip that comes from Michael Sadoff, a real life Support Escalation Engineer from Charlotte, North Carolina. If you're running the DFS Management Pack and getting some false-positives then you'll want to check this...

Some of our folks out in the field got together and put up a fantastic OpsManager website out at http://www.opsmanjam.com and if you haven't seen it already you should definitely check it out.  They're posting unofficial management packs, management...

A few months ago Brian Huneycut wrote a post titled ConfigMgr 2007: Current issues with Wake On LAN (WOL) and we now have a hotfix to address the issue.  We released the  hotfix under KB953148 but the fix is actually in SP1 so if you're current...

Just a heads up that we recently published a new document titled System Center Configuration Manager 2007: Sample Configurations and Common Performance Related Questions.   It's designed to "provide an overview of sample hardware configurations...

I saw an article describing how to move the DB for Ops Manager 2007 but I didn't see one for Configuration Manager so I decided to write one up.  Really the process is about the same but I wanted to have something product specific. ======== INTRODUCTION...

Just another quick FYI that we recently released a new DCM configuration pack that uses ENERGY STAR program criteria to assess display and hibernation settings on Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems. This Configuration Pack, which is endorsed...

Just a quick FYI that the ADMP for MOM 2005 version 1.1 is now available on the download center. The major improvements in the new version of the ADMP are described briefly in the table below: Improvement Short Description ...

OK, I know this has nothing to do with SMS or MOM but with the Olympics starting tomorrow I thought some of you might be interested in this. I love watching the Olympics and the fact that NBC's site is running some really cool Microsoft tech is icing...

Here's a great tip from Frank Rojas, a real life Support Engineer in North Carolina. If you having trouble with Remote Desktop on some of your clients and can't figure out why then this may be your issue: ======== Issue: Remote control is setup...

We are pleased to announce the release of our first update to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008  (MDT 2008).  And overview and the download link is below: ======== Overview Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 Update 1 unifies the tools and...

Do you ever have trouble finding that exact piece of information you're looking for on Microsoft.com?  Did you know there are over 50 million pages on our site?  I didn't either to be honest, but even the best of us can be overwhelmed with the...

Ed has asked if a few of us could help out with his survey by posting a link to it here. I'm happy to oblige: Greetings Blog Readers, My name is Ed Jolly, and I am a director in the Commercial Technical Support (CTS) organization at Microsoft...

The Product Group has completed testing on an updated PreloadPkgOnSite.exe tool for ConfigMgr 2007 and I’m glad to announce its been posted to the web for download as a standalone tool release!  In case you're not familiar with this, the Preload...

The folks over on the Operations Manager 2007 Product Team blog recently released a couple posts about some issues you may be seeing in that product.  In case you missed them I have some  info and links below: ======== 1. Grayed out healthy...

Here's a cool tip we've already received a couple calls on.  This one comes from Brian Shaw, a real life Support Engineer from Charlotte, North Carolina: ======== Issue: When trying to install the RTM version of System Center Configuration Manager...

Here's another issue I didn't see doc'ed anywhere.  Hopefully this will help you out if you're seeing the OpsMgr console crash with a NullReferenceException. ======== Symptoms: When changing an alert property in an alerts view with alerts displayed...

Yesterday I posted on the available of KB954049 that adds support for installing System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 or Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1 on a Windows Server 2008-based computer, and now we also have a couple Management Packs...

We just released our support hotfix for Windows Server 2008 as KB954049 that adds support for installing System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 or Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1 on a Windows Server 2008-based computer. This is essentially...

A lot of people are curious to know what Microsoft's official support policy is regarding OpsMgr 2007 running on a virtual machine (VM) so Clive Eastwood, Senior Program Manager for Operations Manager, recently wrote up some guidance that should add a...

Here's another Operations Manager 2007 issue you might want to keep your eyes open for: ======== Symptoms: When attempting to deploy a System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 agent the deployment succeeds but the HealthService fails...

Here's another emerging issue we're starting to see so if you're having trouble installing Reporting then you'll want to check this out. A big thanks goes to Dennis Donahoe for getting this written up. Dennis is one of our superstar Support Engineers...